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IPH (ASX:IPH) PB Ratio : 2.10 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is IPH PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-10-31), IPH's share price is A$5.37. IPH's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$2.56. Hence, IPH's PB Ratio of today is 2.10.

Good Sign:

IPH Ltd stock PB Ratio (=2.12) is close to 10-year low of 2.12

The historical rank and industry rank for IPH's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:IPH' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.09   Med: 4.19   Max: 42.67
Current: 2.09

During the past 10 years, IPH's highest PB Ratio was 42.67. The lowest was 2.09. And the median was 4.19.

ASX:IPH's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
57.43% of 1029 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.79 vs ASX:IPH: 2.09

During the past 12 months, IPH's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year.

During the past 10 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of IPH was 84.20% per year. The lowest was 7.10% per year. And the median was 10.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


IPH PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for IPH's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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IPH PB Ratio Chart

IPH Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.78 3.97 4.15 3.19 2.45

IPH Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.15 4.08 3.19 2.53 2.45

Competitive Comparison of IPH's PB Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, IPH's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


IPH's PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, IPH's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IPH's PB Ratio falls into.



IPH PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

IPH's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Jun. 2024)
=5.37/2.56
=2.10

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


IPH  (ASX:IPH) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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IPH Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
201 Sussex Street, Level 24, Tower 2, Darling Park, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
IPH provides intellectual property services through its subsidiaries: Spruson and Ferguson, Smart & Biggar, Robic, Pizzeys, Griffith Hack, Applied Marks, and AJ Park. These services include patent filing, prosecution, enforcement, management, design, trademarks, and more. The company's diverse client base consists of multinationals, public sector research organizations, and local businesses across various industries like healthcare, finance, engineering, and technology. Revenue streams mainly consist of professional fees (fixed) and volume-based fees (linked to the quantity of work performed). About 70% of revenue is derived from pre-existing work in the system, while 30% comes from new patent applications.

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